Youtube

All the videos you want on your smartphone

YouTube is the official app of the biggest and most popular video hosting website in the world, home to millions and millions of videos, where hundreds of millions of new video clips are uploaded every day.

From the official app, you can quickly access all of the daily featured videos, as well as quickly search for videos that interest you; all while using an interface that is perfectly adapted for touch screens, which also includes added shortcuts applied by using simple movements of your fingertips.

One of the most appealing features of the YouTube app is that it allows you to play videos in the background. That means that you can listen to a song, for example, while doing something else on your device. Plus, you can close out of any video by simply swiping your finger across the screen.

Other interesting features of the official app from YouTube are that you can send videos from your Android to your television via a Chromecast device, and you can even complete voice searches directly from the app.

YouTube for Android is an extremely useful app for anyone who ever watches YouTube videos as it is much more convenient to access the app than the browser. As a matter of fact, YouTube is an app that is recommended for practically any Android device user.

Now any YouTube user can broadcast live video

Till now, only YouTube accounts that had more than 1,000 subscribers could broadcast live videos. Plus, this number increased to 10,000 along if you were monetizing your channel. Luckily, they've backed down on that and from now on any user can do live broadcasts with no restrictions on the number of followers.
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How to activate the new Restricted Mode on YouTube

YouTube's already got a parental control mode, but it's true that for most people this restriction is excessive as it blocks practically any content that's unsuitable for the littlest kids. To offer a less strict alternative they've rolled out the new Restricted Mode, which automatically hides content based on user appropriateness ratings.
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Moving freely through YouTube videos on its smartphone app could be easier, to be honest. While an option was added a while ago to let you select an exact place in the video, it doesn't always work that well. Luckily the latest app update has kept us poor users in mind and added gesture controls to easily fast-forward or rewind through the clip.
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